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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 419760, member: 41"] How is 18 worse than 16? In an 18 team conference, you have two 9 team divisions. That's 8 conference games just against your divisional opponents alone, with only 1 conference game against the other side. 9 years to rotate through all the other teams on the other side, 18 years to get everyone at home at least once. Unless you move to play 10 conference games ... or 11 ... or all 12. Even a 16 team conference is awkward. Two 8 team divisions. 7 Division games, and 2 cross-divisional games. Now you can play all your cross-divisional opponents in only 4 years, with 8 years to get everyone at home at least once. The WAC tried a 16 team football league years ago, and it was a failure. Eventually 8 teams got pissed off and formed the MWC. [/QUOTE]